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divest Capt. Landais of the command he holds, or disturb him in the 

 exercise of it, commit a high crime against the laws and sovereignty 

 of the United States and subject themselves to a proportionable punish- 

 ment. L. S. 2 p. (Copy.) XL VII, 1805^. 



From John Adams to Comte de Vergennes. 1780. June 16. Paris. 



Encloses a newspaper and an extract from a letter from one of the 

 Judges in Boston. L. S. i p. (Copy. In duplicate.) 



LIV, 109 and 119b. 



Printed in Diplom. Corresp. of Am. Rev., Wharton, III, 786. 



i^rom James Moylan/oN[athan] Blodget. 1780. June 17. L'Orient. 



He intends to furnish the " Alliance " with all necessary supplies 

 while at her present moorings, and he has orders for that purpose from 

 Captain [John Paul] Jones. Wishes some method would be taken to 

 relieve him from the care of the two letters in his possession from Dr. 

 Franklin. L. S. i p. (Copy.) XL VII, i8oa. 



From N[athan] Blodget to James Moylan. 1780. June 18. 



Moylan refused him the brandy which they had agreed to send on 

 board the " Alliance," and their mode of supplying their ship must 

 not be interrupted, and that he may follow the orders of Captain 

 [John Paul] Jones, if he pleases, but it is Blodget's duty to obey Capt. 

 [Pierre] Landais. Since Moylan has refused a receipt from Capt. 

 Landais for the letters in his hands, he knows of no other method that 

 can be adopted to relieve him of that charge. L. S. i p. (Copy.) 



XL VII, 180b. 



From John Paul Jones to Pierre Landais. 1780. June 18. L'Orient. 



Directs him not to sail until he receives his, Jones's, special instruc- 

 tions for that purpose. Also directs him to send eighty of his best 

 riggers with all the joiners from the " Alliance " to rig and prepare 

 the "Ariel." L. S. i p. (Copy.) XL VII, 183. 



From John Adams to Comte de Vergennes. 1780. June 20. Paris. 



Relates to Loan Office certificates. Accompanied by an extract 

 from a letter from Elbridge Gerry to John Adams. L. S. 5 p. 

 (Copy. In duplicate.) LIV, iioa, and 120a. 



(Gerry letter, Printed in Diplom. Corresp. of Am. Rev., Wharton, III, 805 

 and 650; V, 52; Adams letter, ibid., V, 207.) 



